Historical Collections Online
Search our Historical Collections Online, a sample of 10,000 artefacts from the National Museum of Ireland’s Historical, Military and Easter Week Collections, published as part of the Decade of Commemorations.
tsuba /
Sword guard or tsuba. No. 460. Round, dragon-shaped. Iron. Openwork.
tsuba /
Sword guard or tsuba. No. 445. Sword-guard, openworked, with facing dragons. Oval-shaped, openwork, iron. Gilt and silver inlaid.
prison art / Napoleonic War
French Prisoner of War model ship. Napoleonic War period. Three-masted war ship of bone and wood.
prison art / Le Ardy, Napoleonic Wars
French Prisoner of War model ship. "Le Ardy" 58 gunner, Three-masted war ship of bone and wood. Prisoner art, early 19th century, period of the Napoleonic Wars. Set on wooden stand.
ink bottle / Daniel O'Connell, Conciliation Hall, 1840s
Inkstand. Bronze, oblong. Circa 1843. The four feet formed of Dolphins' heads, the tails extending along the sides. An anchor at back. In centre a depressed shell, two purple glass inkbottles, one at either side; having bronze lids and sitting into rope rings. Used by Daniel O'Connell in...
seal box / Great Seal of Ireland
Wooden box, of the Great Seal of Ireland. Wooden box with hinged lid; for Great Seal of Ireland. Interior lid and box in green velvet; box moulded in a circular shape to hold seal. Contained within moulding paper disc with four bands or straps attached, used to lift seal in and out of box. Key in...
seal impression /
Red wax seal impression. Impressed with a shield which has a castle or keep placed centrally. Some foliage/berry like decoration at side of shield. Legend runs round this as a border.
crucifix /
Brass figure of Christ, on cross.
seal-matrix /
Metal seal matrix with bone handle. Seal is of a coat-of-arms with lion and unicorn rampant.
prison art / Napoleonic Wars
Crucifix figure, bone. French, 18th century. A type made by French Prisoners of War during the Napoleonic Wars.
prison art / 'Victoria'
Model ship, 'Victoria', prisoner art (probably), of bone and wood. Three-masted ship, painted red, black and white. Three life boats in situ. Crowned maiden figurehead. Not a war ship. Hull of wood and masts of bone. Possibly Napoleonic Wars period.
award /
Cycling cup (with stand). This cup was won outright by Mr. Michael Walker (Snr) in 1914 for winning the Irish Roadclub 50 mile race (3rd year in succession). Michael Walker represented Ireland (under the British umbrella) in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. He also joined the Irish Volunteers at...